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Track 14: Sweet Victory

Hook: (Dmitri)
I feel thorns where my crown was
I’ll be weak but I’m alive
From the dust until dawn yeah
I’ll survive cause I got
Sweet Victory
Nobody can take it from me
Sweet victory
Cause I got, sweet victory yeah

Verse 1:
You see me limping , I know you see me limping
You can’t tell on these CDs, but bro I’m knee deep in it
I’m wading in my weakness, he made me dependent
I’d be lying through my teeth to say I don’t resent it
Even as I write these lines I’m close to tears
My body ain’t been working right for seven years
So miss me with that “keep your chin up try to smile”
Bruh I’m twenty-six, I should feel better by a mile
Keep all your anecdotes and cute quotes
I’ll pass on clichés for true hopes, he’s too dope

Hook

Post Hook:
Toast to the King, cheers to the ceiling
Feeling good we gon’ to make it to the finish
Sweet victory
You hear me, holla if you feel me
We still running even though we limping
Sweet victory
Cause we winning, yeah you know we winning
Even though we winded we still in it
Sweet victory
Cause we winning, yeah you know we winning, now we live in
Sweet victory

Verse 2:
They see me on the stage, they like “that boy the man”
They hit play on them songs, they clapping in them stands
They like, “I bet you got a lot of them stacks in rubber bands”
So when I say its been a hard few years they think I’m playing
But you don’t know my life boy, you don’t know my life boy
You don’t know what its been like on my wife
Don’t know my fight boy
Been in them trenches steady trying to fight my foes
And when I couldn’t fight no more He brought me low low
He brought me low, I know I can’t bear that load

Hook Post Hook

Verse 3:
They like “I hear you talking wins but I see your losses”
“You celebrating crowns but I see your crosses”
Thats the paradox that don’t fit in your merry box
You might not understand ‘till you walk in this pair of socks
The victor ain’t the one thats winning seventh inning
Trophies don’t go to the ones that got a good beginning
When I say I win I don’t mean this day I’m in
I mean that day when the grey skies fade out then
I’m winning ‘cause I reign with him

Outro: (Leah)
The crown of thorns declares you’re King
A scarlet robe can’t cloak your majesty
Yeah they nailed your hands, you nailed our death
From the cross you reigned
Your kingdom knows no end
Oh Jesus, you won it all
Oh Jesus, victorious (x2)
Oh Jesus

9 comments

Wow. So many websites have gotten the lyrics to this song wrong. Haha, but thanks for posting the real ones! Always loved this song and I really appreciate the heart you put into it. This really encouraged me at the right time in my life and now I know I can look forward to victory in Jesus, regardless of my weaknesses and struggles. Thanks again, Trip!

I can really relate to this song including the back story, how you wrote this song while gawvi was trying to get you to rest, I have also been wrestling with fatigue since I was 19 yrs old.I have been fighting sleep apnea with borderline narcoleptic symptoms. I’m 29 now, and with everything I’ve fought through this song has become my anthem and my declaration of faith. I thank God for using you and your music. God Bless you brother. I pray he continues to bleed you in your journey.

I love love this song. I’ve been fighting kidney disease for the past couple of years and recently got put on the transplant list. This song inspires me to keep fighting. It may not have been the intention or meaning of your song, but it has really helped me. thanks so much!

This is an amazing song. Right as Rise was coming out, my wife came was being diagnosed with MS. The song still chokes us up as she lives your words. Truly a blessing, and we can listen to that song over and over as we remember we have Sweet Victory in our Lord. Thank you, Trip, for preaching the truth in all the ways He has for you. You may never understand what your songs have meant to so many, including us, over the years until that glorious day when He will show you. Keep on, brother!

Listened this song many times,God Bless you Trip, and thank you for posting this lyrics…just one minor comment, on the hook part,…From the dust until dawn…I think it should beFrom the dusk until dawn. Right?:)

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